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Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad sc

Scientific prayer makes God a celestial lab rat, leading to bad science and worse religion. – Michael Shermer

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But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths. – Michael Shermer

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But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science. – Michael Shermer

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Through no divine design or cosmic plan, we have inherited the mantle of lifes caretaker on the earth, the only home we have ever known. – Michael Shermer

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Religion obviously played a role in this book and the previous book, too. – Studs Terkel

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I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort. – Jewel

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I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And thats usually what I focus on. – Don Henley

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. – Aristotle

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